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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-04-15
Rare Old Cheese STORY.

Old Phineas Hayseed, we will call him,
had sauntered into the village store one
evening when the question was being
discussed as to how long a cheese would
keep and remain fit to eat. Phineas was
called upon for his opinion, when he said ::
oval, boys, had cheese once tibet
had been kept twelve years, to the best
o. my reckonin', and it got so ALFRED
tough that when finally tried to cut it it
bruk' the pint o. the knife all t. pieces.
Mebby you don't .b'lieve it, Wal, l was
bound to see tn inside O. tibet cheese, so
/ took it T. the woodshed and give it n
cut with the AK tibet d "a split hickory
log Durn me if the AK didn't glance,
and went flynn out o. my hand thru the
winder, knockin' out three lights o.
glass, and Sam found it in the hen-house
twenty feet away. l tell We, boys, l
couldn't afford to Spite good ak ON a
blamed skim-milk cheese, so / hitched
up old Fanny and took the thing down
T. Jake Snyder's saw-mill T. other side o.
the village
did you get it open thenr' by
stander asked.
"Get it openl Jake had ten-hOss
power ingen, and the saw was sixteen
inches in diameter We started the
thing, and We hadn't got into that cheese
more'n an inch when the saw stuck, and
it sot the ingen as dead as a smelt. Then
Jake got mad and begun to cuss about
Dustin his saw"
The crowd now drew nearer.
Boys, it's funny" the old man con
tinued, ''but Sam saved the sawdust and
made some glue out'n it that'd resist
water; he did, by George! l druv TO
Boston the next day and took that cheese
along, first havin' Sam fill up the saw
mark and butter the outside all over for
appearances. took it to one of them
swell restaurants, and seq / to a man
with big di'mon' in his shirt, sez /,
Mister, if you'll gimme a good substant'l
dinner and two see-gars you may hey
that cheese in welcome, and it's twelve
year old. "
" All right, old man, SEE he, and 1
sot down and had the prettiest meal o.
whites that ever ct
The old man discoursed so eloauently
upon the length, breadth, and thickness
OF that particular dinner, that one OF the
boys finally ventured to stop him:
Hold on! Uncle Phineas. What
about the cheeseF'
"Oh, yes Wal, there amt much more
to tell. They jes put it on the free
lnnch table at II 80 the next day, and
by one o'clock there wasn't nothin' left
but hide, and, boys, it was mighty thin.
| tell We them Bosting fellers v got grit. "
--Bost0n Record.
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Salmon in Enormous Number.

Lieutenant Schwatka says in the Ameri-
can Field: - The number of salmon in
these Alaskan streams, whether they
empty into the Arctic or Behring Sea. or
the Pacific Ocean, is simply beyond be-
lief to person who has never seen them
with his own eyes. In ascending one of
the small streams that empties into the
Pacific Ocean, from the Saint Elias Alps,
in a canoe, manned by a couple of
Indians, the salmon were so plentiful that
they formed solid semi-circle in front of
the canoe, with its bow as a centre, and a
radius of about twenty feet, and this
semi-circle looked like the rippies of
small cascade, the protruding noses,
backs and tins, corresponding to the small
stones that would project through such a
waterfall. We had no salmon spear, but
one of the Indians made one from a pole,
cut from the bank, on the end Of which
he whitfield a rude barb. This was too
fragile, however, until the end was hard
ened by burning it in the fire, when it
became much better, when few salmon
were secured, losing a dozen, ncverthe-
less, where one was captured by the ex-
temporized spear. Whenever we ran the
vast swarm against q shallow ripple,
where it was hard for so many to get over
in hurry, great numbers of them would
go scurying past us on either side, making
as much splashing as a flock OF ducks,
and giving the Indian good chance TO
use his spear Hundreds of these fish
were seen that had great ugly scars on
them caused, my Indian guide said, by
the spears of the numerous Indian fisher
men who, at that season, were putting in
their winter supply of salmon, and whose
weapons were far from always being eff
fective. We killed a number with Win
chester rifle from the shock by shot on
the water, directly over their heads, which
never failed to turn them belly upward at
once, and before they recovered they
were safely landed in the canoe.
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A Precocions Musician.

Lille Stuck, the fourteen-year-old
daughter of the State Librarian, COM
posed the words and music of ''Slum-
Der Song Her music teacher advised
her to allow him to rearrange and pub
lish it, as he said it was so intricate, so
delicate, and so difficult of rendition,
that ordinary singers could not do JUS
tice to it. She declared she would not
have the score changed, saving she had
made it unusually difficult for purpose
Then she sent it to Adelina Patti, sign
ing an assumed name. A few days ago
she heard from Madame PATHS private
secretary that the diva was singing the
'Slumber Song" in concerts in the Wes''
Philadelphia Times
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HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.


One Of the most important features of
a kitchen is the kitchen table, and Good
Housekeeping has this TO say about keep
ing it clean: 1.-THE ideal kitchen table is
the one scrubbed to ivory whiteness, and,
as scrubbing seems one of the lost arts, |
viii give directions for scrubbing prop
erly. To a woman whose own hands
must compass all the weak of the house.
and VINO would naturally be careful Of
her own possessions, | recommend cover
ing the kitchen table with white enameled
cloth; it will wear couple of years if
it is neatly nailed on; boiling water
will not mark it, nor will it readily stain.
If the table is to be uncovered it needs
daily Stumbling to keep it white, but if
scrubbed daily in the usual way it may
get darker day by day. Old flannel of
all kinds should be kept for scrubbing
and cleaning paint-undervests drawers,
shirts, all come in for it. In England,
where scrubbing is still the glory of the
poorer people, eottagers wing with each
other on the color of their boards, there
is a coarse, gray flannel made called
''house-fannel," expressly for that pur-
pose. Next to flannel, is old, coarse, soft
linen, old kitchen towels, crash, etc. So
necessary to good cleaning is soft, alb
sorbent material that l would almost
rather my maids destroy articles of far
more value than the scrub-cloths, because
the supply is so limited.
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The Sealing of Letters.

How were letters sealed before the in
vention of gummed envelope? In one of
the last numbers Of Le Lirre. Mr.. s.
Blondel has an interesting article upon
this subject, in which he describes all the
methods Of sealing that have been sue
cessively employed from the remotest
antiquity. The first seals consisted Of "A
ring that was affixed to clay OF bole, and
later to chalk or crcta astatica, n mixture
of pitch, wax and plaster The use of
wax did not begin to become general till
the Middle Ages. Beeswax, rendered
yellow by time, was the first material
used. Then came sealing wax mixed
with a white substance. Red wax began
with Louis VI, in 1113, and green wax
made its appearance about 1853.
In the thirteenth century, yellow,
brown, black, and blue were added TO
the foregoing colOrs. Black wax Is
rarity met with in the seals Of the mill
tary religious orders.
Among the ancients, ring seals were
used not only for scaling letters, but also
as small locks were not common, for seal
ing caskets and chests that contained
valuable objects; and they were even en-
ployed for sealing the doors Of houses
and apartments.
Under the First Empire, people began
to use waters, which were brought from
Italy by the soldiers and officers of the
French army. These waters were cut with
a punch out of thin leaf made of -four.
Finally, gummed envelopes gradually
began TO replace sealing wax and waters
nearly everywhere The first enveloues,
which were manufactured in England,
date back to 1910 The machine for
folding them was invented in 1S43, by
Messrs. Edwin Hill and Warren de Ia
Rue. and in 1919 was so improved by the
latter that it was capable Of folding and
cumming 3, 900 envelopes per hour. Since
1850, the annual production OF envelopes
has been greatly increasing, and there are
now being daily manufactured in Paris
alone, 800, 900 daily.
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HOW TO Make A Red.

Ordinary sheets. blankets, and cover
lets are too short and too narrow; they
do not admit of bed being well made
A quarter of 4 yard all round, beyond
the edge of the mattress, is necessary for
tucking in and OVERLAPPING at the top, so
that the shoulders may be covered A
worn but clean blanket should cover the
upper mattress in winter, and over this
the sheet should be spread smoothly and
adequately. The bolster. with its hem
stitched linen cover, should be laid few
inches below the top of the mattress, so
as to better support the shoulders when
lying down, and give better pitch to
the pillows as they stand against the
head of the bedstead. Blankets to be
large enough must be of good quality;
cheap blankets are always unsatisfactory,
because inadequate both in size and
warmth. Care should be taken that they
are not laid evenly together upon the
bed, but the upper one lowered from the
top Of the other fully the depth of the
bordering. This graduates the bulk, and
will prevent undue weight about the
shoulders when the clothes are turned
over; it also allows of abundant margin
for ''tucking i'm at the foot; matter Of
great importance, especially when bed
is occupied by two persons.
The foot blanket is another import
ant item. If the luxury of narrow down
coverlet can be afforded for the feet, so
much the better; it is comfort that
once enjoyed will never after be willingly
dispensed with in cold weather. 1t
should not be too wide, or thick as a
feather bed, as they are made in Ger
many, but large enough to cover the
larger half Of the bed, and extend over
a few inches at the sides. The coverlet
laid smoothly over this. all the clothes
turned down twice at the top, and the
whole worked smoothly into the sides
and ends of the bedstead, the pillows
only need to be placed in their proper
position TO render the bed making COM
HltirGt0r.
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A Turtles Teuaeity

In regard to such animals as frogs, etc,
it is pretty hard to say at what time they
are dead. l remember the case Of n snap
per which l caught in creek in New
Jersey. We began by cutting off his
head and going through the usual process
in such cases. Some time afterward l
found the heart (Which had not yet been
disposed OF still contracting. take it
for granted the animal was really dead,
because it had been cooked, and / had
eaten 1t during the interval Philadelphia
Lsder, =
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Wa -hs day = yulng and fair.
hiaaz sillg n ths de~y air.
-ll'l-i2E sunlight everywhere
h-erls ar ilnoEani. frse fson ezra,
h'sllf an siruls . CO and dare:
hhel Ehf Day 3 YalIuE and fair.
eln1y hours have ciizli.ed % uoor,
ellzusns osle t'T ols their tune,
Al a. says ~ he arr sfreEn
hI,h iif has-s AIS, 80 son.
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--sial.eg 1eLean "a fhe Current
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BUDGET OF Fun.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
He is Loaded-Niistook the Town
On Time-Rare Old Cheese
Story-The Haunted
Room.

your husband is in the Legislature.
isn't her was asked of a Cleveland
plumbers wife.
Eyes, sir
HE will probably introduce a bill or
twoir
HE probably will-that is, if any Of
the water-pipes burst-and give him a
chance to make one. Nal Street Nelrs.
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The Hdian Witaess says that the most
English-like of all the races oil Indla IN
the use of our language are the Parsees
and Madras servants. The Parsee talAs
like gentleman, as he learned 1t IN com
inerce in intercourse with Engllshmeh,
and the MadTassee like stablem iromeni
The class with whom they associate
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An Ancient Relic.

Cropping through the dust Of ages,
ArchRologist now delves;
Seeks for relics Of the sages.
Long since laid upon their shelves
All, he finds bit of parchment,
Written thousand years ago;
Finds It meath an ancient arch bent,
Now brought forth TO sunshine's glow.
lis joke, told in times olden,
At which patriarchs had laughed;
Twas quite old in days called Golden
Twas so old it hal been chaffed-
Since that Joke first came 10 reason
Its been travelling down,
It's been heard since, every SEASON,
Uttered by some circus clown.
rG0oaallt sam
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WHAT MAY FOLLOW,
A MAN IN WOMAN'S CLOTHES.
The Finding of Corpse Followed by
a Strange Discovery.

The Finding of Corpse Followed by
a Strange Discovery.
New YORK, July 3.-Glaucus E. Olds, 4S
years old, lodger at No. 100 East Twenty
ninth street, was found dead in his room to-
day. The Deputy Coroner visited his house
and found the man lying face downward. 1t
was found that he wore a woman's
wrapper and underneath a female
night dress He had on long
stockings Women's clothing was about the
room. He had been sick for two months.
His body was padded about the hips and
legs and on his breast were rubber palpita-
tors. Papers were found showing that he
was born in Raleigh, N. c. He was a
graduate of Yale College and civil engineer.
He had been employed in the Pension Bu-
reau at Washington. Recently he
has been employed by legal
firm in this city as a server of
subpnnas. A letter was found written by
him in 1870 to G. Punkin, No. ESQ Strand
London, asking for a complete report of the
Bolton and Park trial and photographs of
the principals. Two more letters were found
from dealers in theatrical goods, dated 1871
and addressed to Olds as II. A. Detyse, evi-
IDENTIFY an aliaS.
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ONE Of the bellies of last season, only recently
married, has already changed her maid four
times. The fair lady is exigeante to degree,
drape q dress by the appointed time, or who
may happen 20 be asleep when her mistress re.
turns IN the small hours from a ball Maid
number five received o months notice one day
last weck
You're SO slow, can't kcepyou any longer =
"But, madam" pleaded the girl--French, OF
cotirse-h0ure to yourself that | am always
thinking OF your beauty and your accomplish
NEVIS Therefore my work is retarded"
Maid number Eve got an old tailormade dress
an ivory brooch and a pair of boots that vers
niaght. And She stays on.--Io,cH Topics.
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MOONLIGHTERs APPLY FIRE.
The House of an ex-Magistrate Visited
by Incendiaries.

DUBLIN, July 3.-Moonlighters last night
made an attack upon the house of ex-Magis-
trate Daniel MacDonnell near Fries. Mac
Donnel was absent. The miscreants
warned Mrs. MacDonnell to abandon the
farm and then set fire to the house and re-
tired, promising to return.
Messrs. Sexton, Macdonald, Kennedy and
Moyne, attended meeting in Phoenix Park
today to protest against the exclusion of
Mr.. Sexton from the lord -mayoralty of
Dublin. Mr.. Sexton received the unani-
nous support of the meeting. In speech,
he declared that he had acted in accordance
with Mr.. Parnells wishes, and he trusted
that he would not be defeated by Par
nnllitnS
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FIRE FEEDS ON PAPER.
A Large Warehouse in New York
Badly Damaged.

Ddd1y bdLLldS0h
New YORK, July 3.-The firemen from
the lower districts had scarcely rested from
their battling with fires last night when at
6 o'clock this morning fire was discovered in
the cellars of the big paper warehouse of J.
o. Preble & CO., at Nos. "a and So, Frank
lin, and No. n White streets. The police
man who was first warned of the fire by
smoke had not turned in the alarm before
the flames were roaring throughout the first
floor and faring from the windows The
fire was overcome at 7:30 o'clock. The
buildings are of brick and five stories high,
and were occupied solely by Preble & Co
The buildings are damaged $4,000, and
Preble & Co. lose, it is estimated, 100000,
the firm havingmuch heavy machinery. The
house is one of the best known in the line of
envelopes and blank books in the east
Their loss is said to be insured. The cause
of the fire is unknown.
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A SAVANNAH NEGRO KILLED.
Cesar Waters Shot by Peter Round

Cesar Waters Shot by Peter Round
tree at the Charleston Junction.
CHARLESTON, S. c., July 3.-The colored
troops have already inaugurated the cele-
bration of the glorious Fourth. Peter
Roundtree and Caesar Waters met at the
Savannah Junction this afternoon on
their way to the city. Waters Lad a
razor and Roundtree a pistol. The Coroner
held an inquest on Waters, and Roundtree
has started on his way back to Savannah
The only public celebration here to-mor-
row will be a parade Of the colOred people.
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ATLANTA'S SALVATIONISTS.
Mayor Cooper Revokes His Order For
bidding a Parade.

ATLANTA, Ga, July 3.-Mayor Cooper
tonight concluded to revoke his order for
bidding the Salvation Army to parade to-
morrow, not, however, before the Salvation
Army had held an immense meeting this
afternoon and decided to parade in the teeth
of the order. The Army is backed up by
many prominent church people of this city,
who claim that Mayor Cooper had no right
are also against the order, which it is held,
was an interference with the principle of
religious liberty The Salvation Army held
a large meeting tonight They claim that
the Mayor has been whipped by the Army,
backed up by public sentiment
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Miners Strike

WILKEsBARRE. PA, July 3.-The minera
and laborers employed in colliery No. 3 Of
the Kingston Coal company, to the number
of 800, struck work yesterday for an adj
vance in price paid for cutting gangways
and air courses and against the new rule
requiring laborer TO load six cars for a
days work, instead of five, as heretofore.
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A Second officer Drowned,

New York, July g. As Albert Ferrie,
second officer Of the steamship San Marcus,
of the Galveston line was going to board
his vessel shortly after midnight this morn
ing he missed his footing on the narrow
gang-planh and fell overheard and was
drowned His home is in Richmond, Va.
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Hon. ID. E. Kenner Dead.

New ORLEANS, July 3.--Hon. Duncan
r. Kenner, prominent and representative
citizen, President of the louisiana Jockey
Club, President of the Sugar Planters As
sociation, and identified with many leading
enterprises in this city and State, died sud-
denly at his residence to-day, aged "a years.
Mr.. Kenner was formerly a member Of
Congress, and was Confederate Commits
sioner to France, and also one Of the Tariff
Commissioners appointed by President Ar
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ENGLAND'S ELECTION.
The Spalding Result Surprise to the
Whole Country.

LONDON, July 3.-The Post, Lord Ran
dolph Churchills organ, says: "The result
of the Spalding election seems to show that
the government has not met the demands of
public opinion with reference to the crimes
bill. The government has dawdled over
four months, when the bill might have been
passed forcibly in as many weeks. The
sooner a stronger government is formed the
better. Great changes are necessary with a
view to strengthen the ministry's hold upon
the country"
WHAT MAY FOLLOW.
LONDON, July 4, 5. A. M.-The Ne,cs says
Reading between the lines of Lord Ran
dolph Churchill's speech he says that the
Spalding election was a remarkable result,
making a more than half home ruler. The
NetUS predicts that the Tory Democrats will
soon be invited to throw away the Harting
ton crutch and go in body for home rule
The Standard says: ''If the Spalding cleo
tion proves an isolated case it might be dis
missed without thought, but if followed
by others of the same sort the outlook will
be very serious
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Sharp Growing Weaker.

New York, July 3--Jacob Sharp passed
a restless night. He is growing weaker.
He owoke Mt o'clock this morning and had
a slight breakfast His family spent much
of the day with him. At times he fell into
a lctharg;c state
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Nihilists Nelr the Car.

GERLrN, July have been receiv-
ed from Russia To the effect that twelve Nj
hilists were arrested near the Cars palace
at Krasnoe Selo. just as the Car and
family were starting for Finland
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Cholera in Rocella.

LONDON July 3--Cholera has appeared
in Rocella. In CalabTia, where there have
already been reported seventeen cases and
nine deaths, the outlook is ominous, Us
the weather is unusually warn.
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stricken Down by the Sun.

PIrTsBURG, July 3..-A large number of
prostratons from heat and five fatal cases
of sunstroke were reported to-day. The
mortality among children during the past
four weeks has been greater than for many
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Er-ciov- Morrill Warn Ill.

AUGUSTA, Me, July 3.-Ex-Governor
Morrill, is very low tonight. He is entirely
unconscious, and there is but slight move
ment of the body. He takes no nourish'
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Kov West,s Fever Record

KEY WEST, July 3--Thcre have been five
new cases of fover since yesterday, but no
deaths. The record stands now: Total cases
10 date GS, deaths 2l, discharged cured II,
sick now 3O
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iihilzais Defeated.

SIMLA, July 3--Advices from Afghan.
istan confirm the reports of two defeats of
Ghilzais recently with heavy losses. The
on June 10.
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JackgonvilIe's WORKING Men

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, July 3. Big prep
hntlons have beca made for working
men,s parade tomorrow through the prln
clpal streets Of the city.
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cotham'g Long Death List.

NEW YoRK, July 3.--The deaths reported
to the Health Board to-day numbered 256.
This is the largest figure for one day since
1876
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wHEAT's SHORTAGE.

CHICAGO, July 3-This weeks issue Of
the Farmers RerieU will say: Reports on
the yield OF the winter wheat crop are now
coming in, and thus far corroborate our
previous statement as to the shortage that
might be expected Missouri leads in her
average, and is followed by Illinois, while
the other States have the following relative
positions: Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana,
Ohio. and last Kansas, where the chinch
bugs have done very serious damage